After updating to the current RELEASE VERSION, I went about saving some views for a project... I noticed that when saving the jpeg, the sky and background turn BLACK and actually saved that way...Upon further study, I noticed that the PNG setting was left on ALPHA CHANNEL... By turning this OFF and resetting the output to JPG.. the actual sky and background was correct...
Seems like a bug, yeah?
enscape 3.5.0
I have the same issue... And yes, I point to a folder with the GLOBE PLANTS already saved as ENSCAPE ASSETS...
I feel like this CUSTOM ASSETS option could be exploited more... I think what you're asking (or what I'm asking) is can we just EDIT already saved enscape assets... for me, even if it means having to SAVE AS my own version.....
1. Would allow me to categorize a folder full of assets
2. Would also allow me to take a RED CAR (from the standard library) and save as BLACK or other color
3. Would also allow me to colorize the vegetation a little more in sync with my location (most are too LIMEY for desert trees)
Enscape, please consider some avenue to allow user editing of existing assets.
That pretty much is what I'm looking for... The TV is fine and I can get that to work... But for me though, all the NEGATIVE space between my flames is NOT transparent... (a little difficult to tell in yours, but looks like it might be)...
I am left with BLACK bacground to my FIRE MOVIE... which works fine in my INTERIOR FIREPLACES, but looks bad in outdoor firepits and the like...
I can get my PNGs with alpha transparency, but want to do the same with MOV files (as materials)... Can anyone let me know if this is possible??
And maybe a short write up on how to achieve this?
My interest is filling the holes in enscape for LIVE FIRE / Waterfall etc.
If there is another way to achieve this, I'm all ears!
Thanks,
I think I've posted this before, but I don't see an easy way to find it here....
Just wanted to reinforce that having to wait for all my FAVORITES to regen just to OPEN UP Enscape from ArchiCAD is a problem...It's taking a significant amount of time to cycle thru all the favorites (more than 10min.) while each view is regenerated in ArchiCAD then in Enscape...
I don't recall if you guys thought that could be avoided or needed to be fixed at the programming level...
Anyway... let me know where we stand on this..
Please also make assets rotatable...
Cars especially need to match ground slopes...
But thanks for the COLOR CHANGING... that will be a huge boon to our models..
Also, it mentioned SEASONING for the vegetation... Will that be based on the TIME OF DAY / CALENDAR day of the view? or just a SWITCH in the object... (in other words, we'll have to individual switch each asset to match season
So... over the weekend, enscape WAS able to PLACE objects (in a different file)..
To be honest, it's not part of my workflow, but seems like a nice feature...
I'll keep an eye on it and send a report next time I run into it.
I'm trying to use the multi object placement feature in Enscape... But it is GREYED out saying that it is DISABLED w/o LIVE UPDATES ... But I have LIVE UPDATES ON....
Any ideas
So... with the RELEASE VERSION 3.3.1, at least the angle matched ArchiCAD's
Now it seems I'll have to find out why archiCAD's is off
I will try with another file, but I really need to be confident in what I present to clients...
Demian,
Thanks for the efforts.... I will see if I can upload something DIRECTLY to you.. (would prefer not to do it via the website if possible.)
The GPU Update did not help...
I just looked at the same project in Enscape... Time = 10am and the scene appears black with stars...
I will also try to the same project in an earlier RELEASE version to see if it persists there.
Sent in a REPORT... but...
It would appear that both shadows are incorrect.. But they are completely different between them..
See the attachments for more assessment...
1. LAT / LONG in ArchiCAD are correct
2. North is correct in Archicad.
3. I did see the LAT / Long in Enscape were only for moving the clouds around the sky...
So... for a long time now, I've been setting up VIEWS in ARCHICAD with the proper camera settings including TIME OF DAY. These views would then transfer over to ENSCAPE by merely using the CAMERA TRACKING button...
My process then was to change views in ArchiCAD, then SAVE IMAGE from Enscape and all was well.
NOTE: if I transfer those views to native enscape VIEWS and use the BATCH SAVE, it takes upwards of 30min for 10 to 12 views.
While in archiCAD even having to call up each new view... it takes less than 5min to save that same batch...
(but that's a different discussion)...
So NOW... (and this could be with the latest set of PREVIEW installs).... the SUN does NOT track from ArchiCAD to enscape...
I am guessing the issue is actually the LATITUDE / LONGITUDE not matching my ArchiCAD model...
I see that there are "adjustments" for the LAT / LONG in Enscape, but they are in METERS and not DEGREES
And apparently these are only adjustments to push the clouds to a different location....
So maybe some general questions..
Any help is greatly appreciated. Like I said, this seems to be NEW and could just be a PREVIEW bug...
The PICTURE object in ArchiCAD uses the PICTURE command... so technically it is NOT a material...
This has long been an issue with Enscape...
I had to HACK the object to make it use the image as a MATERIAL in order for it work (which in turn causes ArchiCAD to NOT display correctly, but I can live with that as I'll do all the visualization with Enscape.)
Demian,
I am using the latest preview, but this has been happening for the last several months (mostly on the latest preview version at the time)..
I'm trying to upload an .mp4 here... If it doesn't make it, I'll try and PM you.. EnscapeFAVORITES.mp4
Just wanted to voice that while using Enscape with ArchiCAD, I was alerted to the fact that FAVORITES would "show up" in the EXE files..
But, once favorites are established for the file, I cannot DISABLE them (until after they all load)..
So I have a file that has about 12 - 15 favorites...
Even when I just want to see a little snippet of the 3d in Enscape, it will go thru the LENGTHY process of establishing the views for ALL 15 favorites before I can do anything in Enscape.
I don't fancy having to RE-Establish the favorites each time, but instead of the lag it produces EVERY TIME, I think I may have to DELETE them all when exiting enscape...
Let me know if there is a way to have enscape NOT cycle thru all the Favorites upon opening...
Also... WHITE BACKGROUND should be USER DEFINIED COLOR background to assist with GREEN SCREENING
I understand where you're going... but I kind of like the ability (as in TwinMotion) to apply a material to the ground plane and set its height relative to the model.
I have been constantly increasing the amount of CONTEXT I add to my models... partly for this reason.
Hoping they actually get the SITE MAP idea working... Tried it today and it's got a way to go before it's useful.
back and forth !
And... a lot of editing directly in the 3d window...
got it... I did just see that after sending post here...
Thanks!
